SCS 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Internal Validity, Grounded Theory, Ethnography
20 Aug 2016
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The following are characteristics of qualitative research: Social life is an outcome of your interactions (constructivist) Researchers try to minimize the disturbance they cause to the social worlds they study (naturalistic) Analysis of texts and documents interpreting data. Main steps: general research question, selecting relevant sites and subjects, collecting data. 5a. tighter speci cation of research question (narrow focus) 5b. collection of further data: writing up ndings/conclusion. Grounded theory: stress the importance of data to develop theoretical ideas. Oscillation between testing theories and collecting data. Blumer said researchers should not think their theory is de nitive but sensitizing (meaning it provides a general sense of reference and guidance in approaching empirical instances) Not clear how useful general theories can be for real life application. External replicability: the degree to which a study can be replicated elsewhere. Internal replicability: whether members of the study agree on what they see.
